Note 24 — PREFACE. (continued 6)

A piece of wood is made out of koaie, ulei, o’a, mamane, kauila, or uhiuhi. Some spears are a fathom and a half long, some four and one-half feet (hailima),24 some a yard, and so on. The tracks where the game is played are roughly formed, some being forty fathoms long, others two times forty fathoms. For a very powerful man a track five times forty fathoms long is necessary. Ten counts are required to win. Goods are all lost. The betting sometimes is continued until the girdle at the waist is lost also, and the loser stands stark naked; then the game ceases.